Two disaffected young friends knock around Japan in the early 70s in two novellas from Haruki Murakami.
Wind/Pinball is a combined re-release of Murakami's first two works, Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973.
In the first story, the narrator and his friend The Rat are both in college and hanging around a local bar, falling in and out of love with various young women.
In the second, they are both emerging young professionals, and the protagonist finds himself living with a pair of odd twins and spending a lot of time obsessing over a rare pinball machine.
These first Murakami novels feature a lot of the hallmarks of his later best-known work; they are awash in pop culture and malaise, bordering on the surreal at times. Definitely of interest to Murakami fans, and of interest to other readers who enjoy offbeat narratives.
I checked this out on audiobook from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library.
Wind/Pinball is a combined re-release of Murakami's first two works, Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973.
In the first story, the narrator and his friend The Rat are both in college and hanging around a local bar, falling in and out of love with various young women.
In the second, they are both emerging young professionals, and the protagonist finds himself living with a pair of odd twins and spending a lot of time obsessing over a rare pinball machine.
These first Murakami novels feature a lot of the hallmarks of his later best-known work; they are awash in pop culture and malaise, bordering on the surreal at times. Definitely of interest to Murakami fans, and of interest to other readers who enjoy offbeat narratives.
I checked this out on audiobook from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library.
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